There are two parts to a succecssful attack. The attack performed (the swing made before the hit), and the attack hitting. IW acknowledges the attack performed, but eliminates the attack from hitting, replacing it with magical damage instead.
Now for skills like empathy, you are penalised for making the attack 'movement', hit or miss, the swing was made, and you are penalised for that. (of course you have to make a complete swing to trigger empathy)
IW is a unique skill in terms of it's game mechanics, as it relies on attacking to trigger the damage, but also eliminates 'striking' from the equation.
Oh i forgot to mention, they nerfed sand shards already, you have to be weilding a scythe in order to use sand shards
Last edited by Terra Xin; Jul 29, 2006 at 11:57 AM // 11:57..
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